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Stop the Train
Geraldine McCaughrean
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Description for Stop the Train
Paperback. It's 1893 and, for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma. Along with other settlers, they travel to Florence and prepare for business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma and they and their fellow settlers prepare for steady business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But when they refuse to sell their land to the railroad company, the boss swears that his trains will never stop in Florence again. How will they ever make a living now? Cissy and her friends, family and neighbours vow that they will make the train stop - by whatever means are necessary, no matter how dangerous that may prove to be . . . ... Read more
It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life beckons on the prairies of Oklahoma and they and their fellow settlers prepare for steady business alongside the Red Rock Railroad track. But when they refuse to sell their land to the railroad company, the boss swears that his trains will never stop in Florence again. How will they ever make a living now? Cissy and her friends, family and neighbours vow that they will make the train stop - by whatever means are necessary, no matter how dangerous that may prove to be . . . ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192718815
SKU
V9780192718815
Shipping Time
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About Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book Award (three times), the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award (four times), the Blue Peter Book of the Year award and the Blue Peter Special Book to Keep Forever award. Her novels include The Kite Rider, Not the End of the World, The White Darkness, Stop the ... Read more
Reviews for Stop the Train
an absolutely wonderful book - it is no wonder that McCaughrean is celebrated as one of the greatest living children's authors.
The Bookseller
...a tense, fast-moving adventure story, sustained to the very last page, with an inspiring sense of community spirit.
Financial Times
With its great depth and texture, its masterful dialogue and description it is ... Read more
The Bookseller
...a tense, fast-moving adventure story, sustained to the very last page, with an inspiring sense of community spirit.
Financial Times
With its great depth and texture, its masterful dialogue and description it is ... Read more